It is finished!
Sunday 26 November 2006 - Filed under Flash
Foundation ActionScript Animation: Making Things Move for AS3, that is.
Yes, I just this minute typed the last word of the last sentence of Chapter 19 and emailed it off. Whew.
There’s still plenty of tech reviewing and copy editing and final round proof checking to be done. And after all that, it ships off to China for printing, then back to the US for distribution. So don’t start checking the shelves until the early months of 2007. I’ll try to have an exact shipping date as soon as I can.
But anyway, the hard work is done. Actually, it wasn’t even that hard. It was really a lot of fun converting all that stuff over to AS3 classes and updating the text. I learned a lot in the process, and got a big dose of respect for AS3. Stuff rocks. 
2006-11-26 » keith
27 November 2006 @ 12:10 am
Congratulations! I can’t wait to see it.
27 November 2006 @ 12:54 am
That’s great Keith. I really liked AS2 version, ingenious stuff in there .
27 November 2006 @ 3:37 am
Congratulations, just started the AS2 version, but surely I must have the AS3 next year! Good stuff
27 November 2006 @ 4:43 am
Congrats Keith! Can’t wait to see it
27 November 2006 @ 5:15 am
Congratulation mr. Peters, is there any chance to trade in my AS2 copy for the new one
27 November 2006 @ 7:16 am
Sweet.
Ooops – too late for Christmas.
Where’s the “beta book pdf” version?
27 November 2006 @ 8:26 am
Congratulations!
27 November 2006 @ 10:24 am
The AS2 version sits atop my desk at all times–it’s a great resource.
One question though: Math is Math, for the most part. So other than the language/syntax re-write, the book is essentially the same formulas + concepts as the first version, right?
I’ll be picking up a copy either way I guess
27 November 2006 @ 11:22 am
Yes, it is essentially the same material. Some required just small changes, some parts were pretty much re-written. I had hoped to add some additional material, but with the change to AS3, the book already gained a bit of weight – everything is class-based, rather than simple timeline code.
27 November 2006 @ 12:18 pm
Congrats , loved the AS2 version cant wait for the AS3
cheers
firdosh
27 November 2006 @ 1:28 pm
Congrats keith! Looking forward to checking it out.
27 November 2006 @ 4:52 pm
Please mail a softcopy for review.
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27 November 2006 @ 5:07 pm
Hey Keith,
I’m a heavy Flash and ActionScript user but don’t really care that much about animation. Can you give us a table of contents?
27 November 2006 @ 5:14 pm
Same as the old one:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1590595181?tag=bit101-20&camp=14573&creative=327641&linkCode=as1&creativeASIN=1590595181&adid=1HBRRBCSC1FYEN8BKW62&
27 November 2006 @ 7:00 pm
Congrats with your book! But first our book
28 November 2006 @ 8:36 am
Congratulations! Will there be an ebook version do you know?
28 November 2006 @ 12:23 pm
Congrats Keith – looking forward to it!